{"id":12710,"date":"2018-01-22T15:45:57","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T13:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/?p=12710"},"modified":"2018-02-05T10:55:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T08:55:00","slug":"onedrive-for-business-anonymous-file-sharing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/2018\/01\/onedrive-for-business-anonymous-file-sharing\/","title":{"rendered":"[:en]OneDrive for Business: Anonymous file sharing[:af]OneDrive for Business: Anonieme deel van l\u00eaers\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0[:]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[:en]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: #666766; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;\"> Information Technology recently assessed our<strong> OneDrive for Business<\/strong> platform to ensure that no security risks exist for our users and network. During this assessment we identified a number of users who are currently using the anonymous sharing function (&#8220;Anyone with the link can view and edit&#8221;) on OneDrive. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/admin.sun.ac.za\/Infoteg\/cybersecurity-alert\/images\/anonymous1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"294\" height=\"65\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/admin.sun.ac.za\/Infoteg\/cybersecurity-alert\/images\/anonymous2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"306\" height=\"210\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: #666766; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;\">With anonymous file sharing there is no control or record of who has access to the shared files. Anybody who has the link can access and\/or edit the files. This poses a security risk for the University and our users. For this reason we are compelled to switch off anonymous usage. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: #666766; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;\"><strong>From Thursday, 1 February 2018<\/strong> you will no longer be able to share files anonymously on OneDrive. Sharing will still be possible with internal and external users, but at a higher security level. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: #666766; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;\">Guides on best practices for sharing files on OneDrive is available <a href=\"http:\/\/www1.sun.ac.za\/itselfhelp\/office365guides.htm\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: #666766; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;\">www.sun.ac.za\/itselfhelp<\/span><\/a> under the Office365 section or directly <a href=\"http:\/\/www1.sun.ac.za\/itselfhelp\/office365guides.htm\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: #666766; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;\">on this page<\/span><\/a>.<\/span> <span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: #666766; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;\">If you are have any enquiries, please contact the IT Service Desk by emailing help@sun.ac.za or calling our Service Desk at 808 4367. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>[:af]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: #666766; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;\"> Informasietegnologie het onlangs ons <strong> <em>OneDrive for Business<\/em><\/strong><em>&#8211;<\/em>platform herevalueer om te verseker dat daar nie enige sekuriteitsrisiko&#8217;s vir ons gebruikers en netwerk is nie. Na aanleiding van die evaluering het ons \u0149 aantal gebruikers ge\u00efdentifiseer wat die anonieme funksie (&#8220;Anyone with the link can view and edit&#8221;) op <em>OneDrive<\/em> gebruik om l\u00eaers te deel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/admin.sun.ac.za\/Infoteg\/cybersecurity-alert\/images\/anonymous1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"294\" height=\"65\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/admin.sun.ac.za\/Infoteg\/cybersecurity-alert\/images\/anonymous2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"306\" height=\"210\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: #666766; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;\">Indien l\u00eaers anoniem gedeel word, is daar geen beheer of rekord van wie toegang tot die gedeelde l\u00eaers het nie. Enige persoon met die skakel het toegang en kan inhoud verander. Dit bied \u0149 ho\u00eb sekuriteitsrisiko vir die Universiteit en ons gebruikers. Gevolglik is ons verplig om die anonieme deel van l\u00eaers af te skakel. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: #666766; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;\"><strong>Vanaf Donderdag, 1 Februarie 2018<\/strong> sal jy nie meer l\u00eaers anoniem kan deel op<em> OneDrive<\/em> nie. Dit sal steeds moontlik wees om inligting te deel met interne en eksterne gebruikers, maar met \u0149 strenger vlak van sekuriteit. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: #666766; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;\">Handleidings vir die beste praktyk vir deel van l\u00eaers op <em>OneDrive<\/em> is beskikbaar by <a href=\"http:\/\/www1.sun.ac.za\/itselfhelp\/office365guides.htm\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: #666766; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;\">www.sun.ac.za\/itselfhelp<\/span><\/a> onder die Office365 afdeling of direk <a href=\"http:\/\/www1.sun.ac.za\/itselfhelp\/office365guides.htm\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: #666766; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;\">op hierdie bladsy<\/span><\/a>.<\/span> <span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: #666766; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;\">Indien jy enige navrae het, kontak asb. die IT Dienstoonbank deur e-pos te stuur aan help@sun.ac.za of 808 4367 te skakel. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>[:]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[:en] Information Technology recently assessed our OneDrive for Business platform to ensure that no security risks exist for our users and network. During this assessment we identified a number of users who are currently using the anonymous sharing function (&#8220;Anyone with the link can view and edit&#8221;) on OneDrive. 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